Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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Bombardier and China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement
Rail technology leader Bombardier and Chinese rolling stock manufacturer, CRRC have signed a strategic agreement to expand their relationshi…
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Deutsche Bahn Singles Out its Best Suppliers
Deutsche Bahn presented its seventh Suppliers' Award in Berlin at InnoTrans 2016, including for the first time, the DB Supplier Innovation A…
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Bombardier Delivers First Vehicle for Delhi Metro Order
Bombardier Transportation is celebrating the delivery of the first metro car from an order for 162 additional cars placed last year by Delhi…
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CSX Receives Award of Excellence for Emergency Response Tool
The NAPSG Foundation has granted an Award of Excellence in Public Safety to CSX for its “CSX Rail Respond” mobile-computing application
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Athletes of the 2016 Paralympics Games Endorse Alstom’s Tram of Rio
Alstom’s Tram of Rio welcomed Paralympics athletes that will compete at Rio Paralympics games in Brazil that started on September 7th.
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CAF Selected as Preferred Bidder for the New Amsterdam Trams
Amsterdam public transport operator, GVB Activa B.V., has selected CAF as its preferred bidder for the supply of new trams.
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DB Cargo and Chinese City of Hefei to Collaborate on Rail Transports
DB Cargo and the Hefei municipal government signed a memorandum of understanding pledging to initiate rail freight transport from Hefei to H…
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Italian Operator Trenitalia Acquires French Operator Thello
Italian operator Trenitalia has acquired full ownership of the company Thello Sas, by taking over the 33.33% stake previously held by Transd…
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CRRC Overseas Orders up 126% in H1 2016
In the first half (H1) of 2016, CRRC overseas orders more than doubled, despite the lackluster world economy, latest company data showed.
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VIA Rail Sees Increased Revenues as Canadians Choose Smarter Way to Travel
VIA Rail welcomed 26,000 more passengers from April to June 2016 than during the same period of 2015 and Canadians travelled 7.2million more…
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Alstom to Maintain Ottawa’s Light Rail Transit System
Alstom has been selected by Rideau Transit Maintenance General Partnership (RTM) to maintain the city of Ottawa’s light rail transit system
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GE Transportation Announces ShipXpress Acquisition
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GB Railfreight And Sibelco Extend Contract
The GB Railfreight Sibleco contract has been extended for a further five years, with GB Railfreight leasing new wagons to fulfill the terms.
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Vortok Win Metro-North Train Fault Detection System Contract
Vortok International has won a Metro-North train fault detection system contract from Metro-North Railroad in New York, USA.
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Inauguration of Bybanen LRT Extension
The Bybanen LRT Extension in Bergen, Norway was inaugurated following the completion of six years of works carried out with Bybanen and Keol…
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St. Petersburg Places Order for Stadler Metelitsa Trams
The LLC Transport Concession Company (TCC) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, has placed an order for 23 Stadler Metelitsa Trams.
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Alstom to Design and Build New Amtrak High-Speed Train
Alstom have won a contract to design and build the new Amtrak high-speed train. The 28 trains will operate on the Northeast Corridor (NEC).
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Bombardier Win LNVG Maintenance Contract
Bombardier have announced the confirmation that it has won the LNVG maintenance contract from the German regional rail authority.
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Serco Win Loram Rail Grinding Machines Testing Contract
Serco Rail Technical Services have won a contract to test three new C44 Loram Rail Grinding Machines being manufactured for Network Rail.
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Ansaldo Consortium Win Noida-Greater Noida Metro Signalling Contract
A consortium comprising Ansaldo and the ZTE Corporation have won a signalling and telecom contract relating to the Noida-Greater Noida Metro…